Maxis used mimes for animating Sims

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I've been talking to many of the original dev team for The Sims and it turns out they used mimes as models for how to make Sims express emotions without words (one was the dad from The Grinch).
You can read more here:
https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-sims/the-sims-maxis-mimes-david-shiner-bill-irwin